Zippy Emails/emails/26

Overview

Zippy Email #26: superheroes

Zippy gets an email on his new computer.

Transcript

{Open: Zippy's Bedroom. The desk on which the Indy sat is dusty and shadowed over. Suddenly, Zippy comes into the room, with a large box in his arms. He plops the box on the desk and opens it up, revealing an orange desktop computer. He puts it on the desk and the shadows clear from the area. Zippy sits down at the computer and turns it on.}

Welcome, Zippy!

FRUITY 128

-- by Indigo Enterprises --

ZIPPY: Behold! The Fruity 128, marvel of computing technology! Just look at this fancy picture!

{An animated gif of a globe spinning around is shown.

ZIPPY: Ah. Nothing gets better than this.

{A window on the Fruity pops up, reading, "you have 4 new messages".}

ZIPPY: Woah! People already found my new email account? Pretty sneaky, these folks. {opens email} On to the email!

subject: Superheroes

Dear Zippy and friends,
What would it be like if you, Mitch, Kooky and Syd were superheroes?
What would your powers be?
Your faithful friend,
Maxx H. Wolf

{Zippy reads "Maxx H. Wolf" as "Max Hhhhwwwolf".}

ZIPPY: Maxx Wolf? Sounds like a wrestle man. {typing} Well, Maxie, superhero teams are a tenuous structure indeed. In fact, you'd have to elaborate--what kind of superhero team would we be? {clears screen} I, for one, think we'd be the quartet of the fantastic variety! Let's take a look at what that would be like.

{Cut: a gritty comic book landscape. A massive death machine stomps around, growling. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a fist attached to nothing hits the machine, knocking it over. Suddenly, Zippy and the gang, dressed in superhero costumes, fly/run toward the machine. The frame freezes.}

ZIPPY: {v.o.} Of course, since I'm the leader, I'm the one what has limb-based super powers!

{The clip continues playing as Zippy shoots off one of his fists, which punches the monster in the face. The words "Sir Fistsalot" appear under him. The camera shifts over to Mitch.}

ZIPPY: {v.o.} And Mitch... well... Mitch is the one who can turn into... fire.

{Mitch catches on fire and starts screaming. The words "XMitch on Fire" appear below him. The camera pans over to Syd.}

ZIPPY: {v.o.} Syd, since she's the girl, naturally gets the power to turn invisible.

{Syd suddenly turns into what looks like a ghost. The words "Turns-Into-Ghosts Girl" appear below her. The camera pans over to Kooky.}

ZIPPY: {v.o.} You know, I'm not sure what Kooky would be. I guess he'll be... a rock man.

{Kooky turns into a bird made out of stone. The words "The What" appear below him. Suddenly, the metal monster gets up and starts trudging toward the four.}

ZIPPY: Aww, dang! I can't do anything!

{Zippy holds up his hands. They are smoking like machinery.}

SYD: Don't worry, I'll get him!

{Syd turns into a ghost and flies toward the monster. She passes right through him.}

SYD: Oh... whoops!

MITCH: AAAAAA

KOOKY: Look out! It's slammerin' time!

{Kooky runs at the monster, fists a-swingin'. He is swatted away.}

ZIPPY: ... Shoot.

{Cut: Zippy's Bedroom.}

ZIPPY: {typing} So that's what we'd be like if we were a superhero team. I suggest you pick up our premiere issue, coming to comic books this none-day! {speaking} Alright, everybody! That's it. Take us away, Fruity!

Click here to email Zippy!

ZIPPY: Ooh, that's nice. Center-aligned, even!